Population and Global Health
Overview
Graduate work in the Population and Global Health concentration aims to train students in population-based methods applied to animal and human health and their intersection. Population health methods are relevant to several research fields including global and public health, clinical and population medicine, and one health. Our faculty are highly collaborative with expertise in epidemiology, computational biology, infectious diseases, microbiome, global health, and animal welfare and production.
Graduate coursework will include research methods (e.g., epidemiology, computational biology, or bioinformatics) and knowledge-domain courses in the chosen field of study (e.g., animal health, animal welfare, infectious diseases, public health, global health).
COURSES REQUIRED FOR THE POPULATION AND GLOBAL HEALTH CONCENTRATION
CBS 650 Seminar: Population Medicine Forum (one credit; minimum three credits total for doctoral students; minimum two credits total for master’s students).
CBS 775 Designing Population-based Research; Spring (three credits)
ELECTIVE COURSES
At least six credits in elective courses need to be taken by the student in consultation with the advisor and graduate committee, and must be approved by the student’s graduate advisory committee. Possible elective course include, but are not limited to, the following:
CBS 580 Epidemiology I
CBS 586 One Health: From Philosophy to Practice
CBS 649 Issues in Preventive Medicine and Public Health
CBS 713 Zoonoses and Public Health
CBS 754 Epidemiology II
CBS 776 Infectious Disease Dynamics
BMA 560 Population Ecology
BMA 567 Modeling of Biological Systems
GN 703 Population & Quantitative Genetics
SOC 755 Global Institutions and Markets
SOC 762 Sociology of Food Systems
SOC 761 Contemporary Debates in Food & Environment
PA 511 Public Policy Analysis
PA 715 Quantitative Policy Analysis
BIT 477 Metagenomics
ST 505 Applied Nonparametric Statistics
ST 506 Sampling Animal Populations
ST 512 Experimental Statistics for Biological Sciences II
ST 520 Statistical Principles of Clinical Trials
ST 531 Experimental Design
ST 533 Applied Spatial Statistics
ST 535 Statistical Methods for Quality and Productivity Improvement
ST 537 Applied Multivariate and Longitudinal Data Analysis
ST 540 Applied Bayesian Analysis
ST 544 Applied Categorical Data Analysis
ST 745 Analysis of Survival Data
Participating Faculty
| Name | Primary Concentration | Other Concentrations | Research Emphasis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Callahan | bcallah@ncsu.edu | Infectious Disease | Population and Global Health | Microbiome methods in health and disease |
| Carolyn Mattingly | bcallah@ncsu.educjmattin@ncsu.edu | Cell Biology | Pharmacology, Population Medicine and Global Health | My overarching professional goal is to improve understanding about environmental influences on human health and disease. Currently, I am doing this by: Overseeing the ongoing development and expansion of the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD), Providing administrative oversight of NC State’s Superfund Center for Environmental and Health Effects of PFAS. |
| Cristina Lanzas | clanzas@ncsu.edu | Population Medicine | Infectious Disease | Epidemiology and ecology of infectious diseases in animal and human populations |
| Derek Foster | derek_foster@ncsu.edu | Pharmacology | Population Medicine and Global Health | We use pharmacokinetic modeling to understand antimicrobial resistance in enteric bacteria. |
| Elisa Crisci | ecrisci@ncsu.edu | Population Health and Pathobiology | Infectious Disease | Crisci lab studies the interactions between respiratory viruses and innate immunity |
| Glen Almond | gwalmond@ncsu.edu | Infectious Diseases | Population Medicine and Global Health | Porcine production and infectious diseases. |
| Gregory Lewbart | greg_lewbart@ncsu.edu | Population Medicine and Global Health | Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology | Zoo Health Management and Health assessment of wildlife with emphasis on North Carolina and Galápagos reptiles. |
| Gustavo Machado | gmachad@ncsu.edu | Population and Global Health | Infectious Disease | Mathematical modeling to examine the impact of practical interventions on the subsequent disease dynamics |
| Isabel Gimeno | imgimeno@ncsu.edu | Population Medicine | Immunology, Infectious Diseases | Tumor viral diseases in poultry and development of the chicken immune system |
| Lisa Gamsjäger | lgamsjaeger@ncsu.edu | Population and Global Health | Infectious Disease, Immunology | Dr. Gamsjäger’s main research interest and focus is pre-weaning ruminant health, particularly transfer of passive immunity, neonatal vaccine strategies and alternative approaches to decrease antimicrobial drug use in neonatal ruminants. |
| Monique Pairis-Garcia | mpairis@ncsu.edu | Population Medicine | Validating objective techniques to assess livestock welfare and behavior | |
| Ricardo Maggi | rgmaggi@ncsu.edu | Infectious Diseases | Population and Global Health | Molecular microbiology of vector borne diseases and intracellular pathogens in animals and humans. |
| Rocio Crespo | rcrespo@ncsu.edu | Population Medicine | Poultry medicine and pathology | |
| Sarah Rhea | skrhea@ncsu.edu | Epidemiology and Public Health | Dr. Rhea’s research interests encompass multiple areas of infectious disease epidemiology in human and animal populations, including antimicrobial resistance, healthcare-associated infections, disease surveillance, and emerging and zoonotic pathogens. | |
| Sid Thakur | sthakur@ncsu.edu | Population and Global Health | Infectious Diseases | Antimicrobial resistance and One Health |
| Sue Fenton | sefenton@ncsu.edu | Population and Global Health | Dr. Fenton’s laboratory has developed, and enhanced methodology used in toxicologic mammary gland assessment, and has characterized windows of sensitivity for early life chemical exposures that lead to persistent developmental changes, altered function, or disease susceptibility in the breast over the life course. |